On this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Brian Dawson, Vice President of Developer Relations and Ecosystem Development at The Linux Foundation.

Brian focuses on identifying, sharing, and promoting development best practices in the open-source software community. Prior to his role at The Linux Foundation, he led an agile transformation consulting practice helping organizations small and large implement CI, CD and DevOps.

Brian has spent over 30 years as a software professional in multiple domains including engineering, QA, and management, all with a focus on optimizing software development and delivery.

Brian has contributed and been credited on over 100 video game titles.

They discuss cultural and "human" challenges in DevOps and software, console game development and testing at SEGA, leadership and more!

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